British Columbia health officials say the veterinary sedative medetomidine is circulating in the province's illicit drug ...

Medetomidine, a powerful animal tranquilizer is making its way into the drug opioid crisis. Medetomidine is a veterinary sedative not approved for human consumption but there are reports of outbreaks ...

Fifteen non-fatal overdoses over a 24-hour period were linked to medetomidine, a veterinary sedative now being mixed with opioids like fentanyl, Victoria police said.

This case study is one in a set of patient safety ‘how we acted on patient safety issues you recorded’ case studies which show the direct action taken in response to patient safety events recorded by ...

The Massachusetts Drug Supply Data Stream (MADDS) issued a warning on Wednesday about a dangerous drug with a heightened risk of overdosing detected in the local supply. Medetomidine, a powerful ...

When agitated dementia patients wander or shout through the night, families and caregivers understandably feel the need to treat this frightening and potentially dangerous behavior. Antipsychotic ...

The prevalence of diagnosed disorders from recurrent use of sedative, hypnotic and antianxiety medications in adolescents and young adults has increased sharply since 2001, according to Rutgers Health ...